Obradoiro CAB

Monbus Obradoiro
Monbus Obradoiro
Nickname	Obra
Leagues	LEB Gold
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
History	Obradoiro CAB; (1970–present)
Arena	Fontes do Sar
Capacity	6,666
Location	Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
Team colors	White, Royal Blue, Maroon;
President	Raúl López López
General manager	Eduardo Pascual Arcas
Head coach	Moncho Fernández
Team captain	Álvaro Muñoz
Ownership	Raúl López López
Championships	1 Copa Príncipe; 10 Copa Galicia
Retired numbers	3 (4, 14, 15)
Website	www.obradoirocab.com
Home	Away

Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto, S.A.D.^[1] (lit, Obradoiro Friends of Basketball Club), also known as Monbus Obradoiro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. They currently compete in the LEB Gold.

History

Obradoiro CAB was founded in 1970 and started playing in the third division after acquiring the spot of the basketball section of SD Compostela. They were promoted for the first time to the Liga Nacional after finishing in the third position of the 1981–82 Primera División B.

Obradoiro played only the 1982–83 season in the top flight, where it achieved two wins in 26 games.

2009–10 was its returning season to the Spanish top division, Liga ACB, after the Supreme Court conceded that the Júver Murcia committed improper alignment in a matchup in the 1990 promotion playoff. A horrible second half of the league, with one win in 17 matches, caused the relegation to LEB Oro, the second division of Spanish basketball.

In the next season, Obradoiro came back to Liga ACB as runner-up of the 2010–11 LEB Oro season and also won its first national title: the Copa Príncipe de Asturias.

The 2012–13 ACB season was the best one in the history of the club. Obradoiro CAB finished the regular season in the eight position and joined the playoffs, where it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the champion Real Madrid.

The 2023–24 ACB season is Obradoiro´s thirteenth season in a row in the Spanish top flight. On May 12th, 2024. Obradoiro got relegated to the 2nd tier (LEB Gold).

Sponsorship naming

Feiraco Obradoiro: During '70s and '80s
Óptica Val Obradoiro: until 2009
Xacobeo Blu:sens: 2009–2010
Blu:sens Monbus: 2010–2013
Rio Natura Monbus: 2013–2014
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro: 2014–2017
Monbus Obradoiro: 2017–present

Players

Retired numbers

4 Bernard Hopkins, F, 2010–2012^[2]
14 Tonecho Lorenzo, F, 1971–1976, 1977-1978^[3]
15 Oriol Junyent, C, 2009, 2010–2014^[4]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Monbus Obradoiro roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	0	Howard, Jordan	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	28 – (1996-01-06)6 January 1996
SF	1	Scrubb, Thomas	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	32 – (1991-09-26)26 September 1991
G	5	Zurbriggen, Fernando	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	26 – (1997-10-20)20 October 1997
PG	7	Figueras, Paul	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998
C	11	Blaževič, Marek	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	22 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001
SF	12	Huguet, Sergi	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	21 – (2002-08-31)31 August 2002
C	13	Pustovyi, Artem	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	32 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992
SG	26	Mendoza, Rigoberto	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	31 – (1992-07-06)6 July 1992
C	32	Guerrero, Rubén	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	28 – (1995-10-22)22 October 1995
SF	33	Muñoz, Álvaro	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	33 – (1990-11-25)25 November 1990
F	44	Tinkle, Tres	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1996-06-03)3 June 1996
PG	50	Kovliar, Oleksandr	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2002-06-24)24 June 2002
PF	93	Suárez, Álex	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1993-09-27)27 September 1993

Head coach

Moncho Fernández

Assistant coach(es)

Víctor Pérez
Gonzalo Rodríguez

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: February 2, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Artem Pustovyi	Marek Blazevic	Rubén Guerrero
PF	Tres Tinkle	Álex Suárez
SF	Thomas Scrubb	Álvaro Muñoz
SG	Jordan Howard	Rigoberto Mendoza	Sergi Huguet
PG	Oleksandr Kovliar	Fernando Zurbriggen	Pol Figueras

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

Head coaches

Managers since joining the ACB:

Curro Segura 2009–2010
Moncho Fernández 2010–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1970–71	3	3ª División	3rd	14–1–5
1971–72	3	3ª División	2nd	22–1–8
1972–73	3	3ª División	2nd	27–1–7
1973–74	2	2ª División	8th
1974–75	2	2ª División	4th	18–10
1975–76	2	2ª División	4th	14–2–8
1976–77	2	2ª División	8th	13–15
1977–78	2	2ª División	14th	8–2–20
1978–79	3	2ª División	9th	8–2–12
1979–80	3	2ª División	2nd
1980–81	2	1ª División B	8th	12–1–13
1981–82	2	1ª División B	3rd	18–8
1982–83	1	1ª División	14th	2–24	Round of 16
1983–84	2	1ª División B	12th	9–17
1984–85	3	2ª División	1st
1985–86	2	1ª División B	7th	17–11
1986–87	2	1ª División B	6th	20–14
1987–88	2	1ª División B	21st	18–26
1988–89	2	1ª División	12th	13–19
1989–90	2	1ª División	3rd	21–15
1990–91	Lower divisions
1991–92	2	1ª División	15th	13–23
1992–03	Lower divisions
2003–04	6	1ª Autonómica	2nd
2004–05	5	1ª División	7th
2005–06	5	1ª División	12th	9–19
2006–07	5	1ª División	3rd	16–12
2007–08	6	1ª División	3rd	23–10
2008–09	6	1ª División	2nd^[a]	23–10
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	17th	8–26
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	2nd	37–8		Copa Príncipe	C
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	13th	13–21
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	8th	18–18
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	12th	13–21
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	12th	15–19
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	15th	10–24	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	13th	11–21
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	12th	14–20
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	15th	11–23		Supercopa	SF
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	14th^[b]	9–14
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–24
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	15th	12–22
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	11th	14–20
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	17th	11–23				3 Champions League	QR	2–1

^ Achieved a berth in Liga ACB after a judicial statement.
^ League ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Home arenas

University Gymnasium (1970–76).
Pabellón Brañas do Sar (1976–1990).
Polideportivo Lorenzo da Torre (1990–2009).
Pabellón Multiusos Fontes do Sar (2009–present).

Notable players

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
- 2011
Copa Galicia: (10)
- 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023

Records

15 seasons in the top division
- 1 in Primera División
- 14 in Liga ACB
1 participation in the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds: eliminated against Strasbourg IG
- 2023–24 season: